Phoenix, N.Y. -- Phoenix police have found the fugitive they were looking for last month when they stumbled across a sophisticated marijuana growing operation, Chief Rod Carr said.

Daniel Trickey Jr., 37, was not at the house on Huntley Road in Schroeppel when police confiscated more than 100 marijuana plants Jan. 11.

Then on Sunday, officers got a tip that Trickey was in the food court at the Great Northern Mall.

State troopers and Phoenix police went to the mall and arrested Trickey. He was wanted on a bench warrant for failing to show up to Schroeppel Town Court, where he was facing criminal mischief and petit larceny charges. Trickey also is wanted in Onondaga County, where he's facing a violation of probation, Carr said.

Phoenix police believe Trickey had been living in a lean-to along the railroad tracks in the woods between Route 31 and Verplank Road in Clay since mid-January.

Trickey was arraigned Sunday in Volney Town Court and sent to the Oswego County jail without bail. He is scheduled to appear Wednesday in Schroeppel Town Court.